The whole point of this blog is to bring some coherence into my ramblings. Mostly poetry, yes. But not quite :)
It always helps to have somebody criticize what I've written. At least THEN you know they've read it ....
You'll find pretty much constant whining here. No, I've still not QUITE grown out of it. Do we ever ?
Never ending grumbles... here we come!

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Outrageous!

The other day I was talking to this girl I know regarding her final year project and what's becoming of it. She seemed so relaxed, especially since her project submission date was coming up. The conversation b/w her and me went like this:

Me: So how come you're not worried about your FYP?
She: Oh, well you know, thesis part is easy.
Me: How come?
She: Wellll. All I have to do is scour the internet and cut and paste stuff from various sources. Viola! Thesis made!
Me: *speechless actually*.. but said: Erm. Okay.
(Didn't have the guts to actually say it out loud what a lousy way it was to do a project).
She: Hardware part is the tricky one. But that's kinda done too.
Me: Oh. So you guys didn't have any difficulty?
She: *with a laugh*. Oh we never made it...
Me: What!???
She: Well, we had an external. That supervisor isn't even attending our calls.
Me: Whatttttttttt?
She: So he's going to make the hardware. He took money for it.
Me: *eyes nearly popping out*.. money???
She: Yeah. We each coughed up 10k, and we're 6 students. The total hardware cost by the way is only 20k roundabout. I'm telling you.
Me: So why the heck did you pay the extra money! Kyuun!
She: *smirking at me as if I'm the most stupid idiot on the planet*... the rest of the money, my dear friend, goes into the pocket of this supervisor and the chairman of our dept, who hired him.
Me: *finally really speechless*

But still, it HURTS to see stuff like this so COMMONLY happening in this country. And the feeling remains that we're helpless. The only way out I saw was to offer to write an article on this, revealing the institution thats allowing such gross misconduct and corruption. And of course, the friend got afraid that the admin will get back at her !!

About Me

I love reading. Arguing about something worthwhile is my favorite pastime. Limericks bring joy to me. I smile at the elderly - and I love playing with kids.
Life is strange. I'd like to decipher it ..and soon. Since it's way too short too!
Religion is my passion..Quran and Arabic are two of the main things I intend to understand soon.. Insha Allah.
I would like to know what quantum computing is ...
Coherent ? Bet not :P